The Phuket Film Festival started on Saturday. Organizer Scott Rosenberg is hoping to create something similar to the success of the Bangkok International Film Festival. All great things have to start from somewhere. The problem with this film festival is that there isn’t anything about it that leaps out and demands attention. The event schedule was release about a week …

We’ve been getting a lot of calls an emails recently from concerned locals and tourists wondering if Phuket is safe after the recent air-crash and the wave of attacks directed at foreigners. Is life on Phuket spiraling out of control? Of course not! I think I gave an unrealistic image of Phuket when I wrote about foreigners being attacked in …

The media coverage of the hunt for Christopher Paul Neil reminds me of the John Mark Karr freak show we were forced to endure, but the difference is, the evidence behind the case against Neil is stronger than a few deluded statements. Neil is allegedly seen on the Internet in over 200 photos abusing young boys in Southeast Asia. Incredible …

I guess a life of leisure must be quite boring. Poor old Thaksin is resorting to making videos on the Internet to reach out to his supporters. The videos will, apparently, contain mostly “business advice”, according to Noppadon. “For example, the video may show Thaksin in a department store shopping for brand-name goods. He will explain to businessmen here how …

The recent spate of attacks on foreigners in Phuket has a lot of people on the island worried. These attacks occur late at night on quiet stretches of road. Thai youths are targeting foreigners driving motorbikes. Thais attacking Thais is nothing new, but so many muggings of foreigners is cause for concern. It’s unsafe to ride alone at night, particularly …

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